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joemoeschmoe
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 Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject: WinHide and WinShow Tool |
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Latest Version (1.1): http://www.autohotkey.net/~joemoeschmoe/WinHideShow.ahk
Here's something I've found to be quite handy - especially at work. It helps me clean up my taskbar or temporary eliminate window(s) from my view (both of which is already done pretty well with Dexpot, but this is a different angle to attack the problems from...).
Functions (SC15D is my Command Key on the right side of the keyboard):
SC15D & Enter -- Hide Current Window and add it to hidden window list
SC15D & / -- Show and activate "previously" hidden window (the one at the top of the list)
SC15D & Backspace -- Show all hidden windows
SC15D & RShift -- Display a list of hidden windows with their index next to it. If user presses 1-9, it will show and activate the window with that index.
I've also put ShowAllHiddenWindows() in both of my reloading scripts to make sure I'm not stuck with a hidden window after reloading (I'm not sure how to find a hidden window of unknown title).
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;SC15D is my Command Key on the right side of the keyboard
SC15D & Enter:: ;Hide current window - add to list
SetTitleMatchMode, 3 ;***
if (NumHiddenWindows = "")
NumHiddenWindows:=0
NumHiddenWindows:=NumHiddenWindows+1
WinGetTitle PreviousHiddenWindow, A
HiddenWindows%NumHiddenWindows%:=PreviousHiddenWindow
WinMinimize A
WinHide %PreviousHiddenWindow%
WinActivate
;msgbox _%NumHiddenWindows%_%PreviousHiddenWindow%
return ;*
SC15D & \:: ;bring back previously hidden window
SetTitleMatchMode, 3 ;***
;Msgbox %PrevMinimize%
if (PreviousHiddenWindow <> "")
{
WinShow %PreviousHiddenWindow%
WinRestore %PreviousHiddenWindow%
WinActivate %PreviousHiddenWindow%
NumHiddenWindows:=NumHiddenWindows - 1
PreviousHiddenWindow:=HiddenWindows%NumHiddenWindows%
}
return ;*
SC15D & Backspace::ShowAllHiddenWindows() ;Show All Hidden Windows
SC15D & RShift:: ;Hidden Window List & Goto
SetTitleMatchMode, 3 ;***
if (NumHiddenWindows="" or NumHiddenWindows <= 0)
{
msgbox There are no Hidden Windows at this time.
return
}
WindowList=
Loop %NumHiddenWindows%
{
if (A_Index >= 10)
WindowList:=WindowList . "...The Following windows cannot be reached directly through this...`n"
CurWindow:=HiddenWindows%A_Index%
;WinShow %CurWindow%
WindowList:=WindowList . A_Index . ") " . CurWindow . "`n"
}
Progress , m zh0 fs12 c00 WS550 W750
, %WindowList%
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, Window List - Select the number you want to unhide
Input, VKey_Main, L1
progress , off
if (VKey_Main >= 1 and VKey_Main <= 9)
{
WinToShow:=HiddenWindows%VKey_Main%
WinShow %WinToShow%
WinActivate %WinToShow%
if (VKey_Main < NumHiddenWindows)
{
NumLoops:= NumHiddenWindows - VKey_Main
Loop %NumLoops%
{
IndexToEdit:=VKey_Main + A_Index - 1
IndexToCopy:=IndexToEdit + 1
HiddenWindows%IndexToEdit%:=HiddenWindows%IndexToCopy%
}
NumHiddenWindows:=NumHiddenWindows - 1
}
else
{
NumHiddenWindows:=NumHiddenWindows - 1
PreviousHiddenWindow:=HiddenWindows%NumHiddenWindows%
}
}
return ;*
ShowAllHiddenWindows()
{
global NumHiddenWindows
global HiddenWindows
SetTitleMatchMode, 3
;msgbox _%NumHiddenWindows%_
if (NumHiddenWindows="" or NumHiddenWindows <= 0)
return
Loop %NumHiddenWindows%
{
CurWindow:=HiddenWindows%A_Index%
;msgbox %CurWindow%
WinShow %CurWindow%
WinRestore %CurWindow%
WinActivate %CurWindow%
}
NumHiddenWindows:=0
}
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Could be useful. But it would be great if I could hide window by double clicking on title bar. Would this be difficult to add?
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joemoeschmoe
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| WindowHide wrote: | Could be useful. But it would be great if I could hide window by double clicking on title bar. Would this be difficult to add?
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I don't know how to do this, but I imagine it would involve looking for a click and then briefly waiting for another click. However, I don't know how you would tell if the top bar of the window has been recognized. Double clicking the top of the window maximizes the window regularly, so this might not be the best thing. I'm not inclined to make this feature because I like to use the mouse as little as possible. |
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joemoeschmoe
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I've updated the script so when its reloaded, there's no need to pull out all the currently hidden windows because it now stores them in an ini file instead of an array. |
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menaphus
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| WindowHide wrote: | Could be useful. But it would be great if I could hide window by double clicking on title bar. Would this be difficult to add?
Thanks! |
I'd say adding a fairly large GUI in the corner with a massive hide all button that is always ontop would be best for triggering hide(aswell as hotkeys).
I think there is one like this already on the forum
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Wouther
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| joemoeschmoe wrote: | | I don't know how to do this, but I imagine it would involve looking for a click and then briefly waiting for another click. However, I don't know how you would tell if the top bar of the window has been recognized. |
Take a look at this post by shimanov. It detects what part of a window has been clicked. Values that can be used are: (found in a post by evl)
| Code: | /*
#define HTERROR (-2)
#define HTTRANSPARENT (-1)
#define HTNOWHERE 0
#define HTCLIENT 1
#define HTCAPTION 2
#define HTSYSMENU 3
#define HTGROWBOX 4
#define HTSIZE HTGROWBOX
#define HTMENU 5
#define HTHSCROLL 6
#define HTVSCROLL 7
#define HTMINBUTTON 8
#define HTMAXBUTTON 9
#define HTLEFT 10
#define HTRIGHT 11
#define HTTOP 12
#define HTTOPLEFT 13
#define HTTOPRIGHT 14
#define HTBOTTOM 15
#define HTBOTTOMLEFT 16
#define HTBOTTOMRIGHT 17
#define HTBORDER 18
#define HTREDUCE HTMINBUTTON
#define HTZOOM HTMAXBUTTON
#define HTSIZEFIRST HTLEFT
#define HTSIZELAST HTBOTTOMRIGHT
#if(WINVER >= 0x0400)
#define HTOBJECT 19
#define HTCLOSE 20
#define HTHELP 21
*/ |
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menaphus
Joined: 28 Nov 2008
Posts: 111
Location: United Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: A suggestion |
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I actualy have a suggestion to anyone developing this or similar, it should do basicaly the same thing but it should do these:
Have an invizsible box over the are in the screen where the X of the window is
All windows automaticaly maximized
A window is hidden instead of closed when clicking over the X now
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So that basicaly if you click X in panic then if the window would otherwise take ages to end it would hide it and mute the pc. There should also be a password protected method when getting the hidden windows back or closing the script.
; on a related note, do the windows re-appear when the script ends?
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